For example, in episode one, the hand scene a bit after the 5 minutes mark... to me (and not only to me, but to many other guys as well), that looked quite gay. It just looks really homosexual to a guy.Perhaps to the author and to girls in general it seems normal. It is the kind of scene you'd see in shoujo and josei manga a lot, after all. But to me, even if it isn't actually homo, it does look that way, hence why the "undertones" as slimed put it. There were other scenes as well, but that first one was already one of the most ambiguous in the whole series.I know full well the author did not mean for any homosexuality to be in this, but the execution doesn't exactly make them look as manly men doing straight things... though only every now and then.

With that out of the way, I'll say it again: this show is really good and is worth checking out. And it's not gay.

mirkosp wrote:this show is really good and is worth checking out. And it's not gay.

Aren't you contradicting yourself there?

Ok, but in all seriousness, I can't wait to watch it. In my experience josei anime tends to have the most interesting drama and characters. Judging by what you guys have been saying (about the quality of the series, not about the seemingly shounen ai undertones) it probably won't disappoint

the ending was great but i expected more..i still want to know what happened between those 8 years!! n why did sen disappear .. did bon forgive him?? how's things with ri-chan .. but it was GREAT can'r deny !! i cried at the train secen T^T.. it was bitersweet ending ^_^

It was a pretty great series. I loved the setting (60's and all that) and the characters were not too predictable and neither was the plot. Although a lot of the romantic drama got caught up in the usual, boring deadlock of misunderstandings that takes a whole series of episodes to resolve. That's simultaneously too frustrating and too comfortable for the audience. It also felt a little too hasty, as if the creators of the anime just wanted to stuff 30 episodes worth of material into 12 episodes. Occasionally it made the series feel like a collection of empty plot devices.

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For example was there any other reason for Sentaro going missing than to somehow turn the ending into a nostalgic reunion? Felt more like an empty plot device than a genuine resolution to the story.

For example was there any other reason for Sentaro going missing than to somehow turn the ending into a nostalgic reunion? Felt more like an empty plot device than a genuine resolution to the story.

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I thought that was because he felt guilty for the accident and couldn't really face his family considering he only just started getting along slightly better with his foster father.

But the ending was pretty nice. Although I wasn't really expecting

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the timeskip. Or at least I was hoping for a bit more explanation regarding his leave and how the others coped with it in those 8 years, not in great detail but some shots here and there to show how they lived would have been nice.

felt like the ending was a cop-out. I really liked these characters, all of them, and to just sortof...timeskip the whole thing and go "here's what happened to everyone, and it wasn't particularly interesting" kinda makes me rage a little. I suppose it does reflect real life quite a bit, the way you just kind of lose track of friends sometimes, but I felt like the show built the characters up for a great big payoff and then didn't quite do it. Overall I did enjoy the show quite a bit though.

For example was there any other reason for Sentaro going missing than to somehow turn the ending into a nostalgic reunion? Felt more like an empty plot device than a genuine resolution to the story.

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I thought that was because he felt guilty for the accident and couldn't really face his family considering he only just started getting along slightly better with his foster father.

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Of course, the show itself always provides a reason for a certain plot twist but it doesn't make it any less artificial. It just felt like the author went like "Hey, you know what be a cool way to end the series? A nostalgic reunion! Now I only need to invent some lameass excuse of a plot twist to make it happen..."

Of course, the show itself always provides a reason for a certain plot twist but it doesn't make it any less artificial. It just felt like the author went like "Hey, you know what be a cool way to end the series? A nostalgic reunion! Now I only need to invent some lameass excuse of a plot twist to make it happen..."

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True. When I got to that section, I was really bewildered. Because he was trying to chase after Kaoru because he left something, so where did the random bike come from? And where did his sister come from all of a sudden? But I guess now that I think a bit about it, I forgot the music shop was right next to their house so it does make sense, just not shown very explicitly so it left me going "huh...?" for a while.